Bill -- it should be a no-brainer for you, no worries. The PQ is not reference quality, but it is fine. Unless you are really critical about this stuff you won't notice it, although I will say that on direct comparison to the Malata it was fairly apparent.
OK, I just got the chance to plug mine in and put it through its paces a little bit. I've never seen anything so versatile, and it is a *great* backup machine for the price. True videophiles may want to think about it a little bit, however. The PQ for PAL video was clearly a notch below the...
I haven't been able to find any of these in stores around me, so caved in and ordered it online as a backup to my current region-free player. (It costs about $10 extra online by the time you pay shipping; also I had a $3 in-store coupon from the baseball All-Star ballot I had hoped to use.)...